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Holiday Survival: 10 Tips to Avoid the Extra “Stuffing” {GUEST POST}

December 21st, 2011 · 8 Comments · Natural Health

This is a guest post from Selena Moffitt of 1 Mom’s Mission. fter all the holiday parties, cookie exchanges, and baking extravaganzas are you feeling a little “stuffed?” Are you ready to tackle another big day of eating? Do you have any idea how you will survive the next serving of cookies, treats, breads, and [...]

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Tags: Christmas·holidays·weight loss

Eat Well, Spend Less: Cheap and Easy Party Foods

December 15th, 2011 · 9 Comments · Frugality, Recipes

I am working on creating my "go to" list for party foods, those items I can make quickly and without much thought when I have to bring a dish to pass. What I bring to share must follow some if not all of the following qualifications: Real Food (whole ingredients, homemade, not processed) Not Too [...]

Why Christmas Makes You Fat (It’s Not Your Fault) {GUEST POST}

December 13th, 2011 · 13 Comments · Food for Thought, Science of Nutrition

This is a guest post from Selena Moffitt of 1 Mom’s Mission. Dessert. This one word can define the holidays and our waistline. What’s your pleasure? Cookies, chocolate, or maybe a hot toddy or eggnog. While we may be able to say “No” to these unnecessary delicacies under normal circumstances, the vortex that sucks us [...]

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Tags: desserts·guest post·holidays·sugar

Eat Well, Spend Less: Do Your Holidays Focus on Family, Food…or Fighting?

November 14th, 2011 · 32 Comments · Mary and Martha Moments

I got one of those exciting emails the other day. You have to understand, as a blogger, I get public relations pitches numbering around a dozen a day. Some of them are for processed foods, recipes folks want me to share, and a surprising number for financial advice and adult beverages. Seriously. I buzz through [...]

How to Eat Healthy During the Holidays and a Sample Simple Menu Plan

December 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Upgraded Nutrition

I’ve been bopping around the Internet a little bit this week, and if you’re interested in following me around, I won’t accuse you of stalking, promise. Check out my article "Can the Holidays be Healthy or is Weight Gain Inevitable?" over at CatholicMatch.com for my "choose this, not that" compromise list when you’re presented with [...]

What Do You Do With All Those Christmas Cards? 5 New Ideas

December 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Avoiding Waste, Green Living

I’m over at Green Your Way today with “5 New Purposes for Old Christmas Cards.” What do you do with all those beautiful Christmas cards when the season is over? How much waste are we generating in our attempts to keep in touch? Our family has reduced our Christmas card waste by sending photo postcards [...]

6 Ideas for Free Eco-Friendly Toy Storage

December 9th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Avoiding Waste, Green Living

Nothing overwhelms me faster than a new toy with zillions of parts and no logical way to keep them together. As much as I’d like to have visions of sugar plums dancing in my head when I think about December 25th, dancing excesses of toys is more likely the reality. Do you know this syndrome? [...]